Responding to Safeguarding Concerns
The pan-Lancashire Safeguarding Adults multi-agency policy is the overarching policy agreed and put in place by the three Safeguarding Adult Boards across Blackpool, Blackburn with Darwen and Lancashire in order to achieve consistency across the region in the way in which adults are safeguarded from neglect or abuse. All organisations involved in safeguarding are asked to adopt this policy in respect of their relevant roles and functions but may wish to add local policy, practice guidance, procedures and organisation operation manuals.
Local placed based safeguarding partnerships, and individual safeguarding partner organisations, have policy and procedures specific to local delivery and need which should be considered alongside this document.
Adult Social Care Guidance for responding to Safeguarding Concerns is Blackpool Adult Social Care's process and pathway for how safeguarding is managed locally within the Blackpool area.
This guidance sets out the adult social care response to safeguarding concerns, describing the process of what happens when a concern is received and the actions taken, and describes the process of safeguarding lead and making enquires. The guidance includes the newly updated Safeguarding Threshold Matrix and a range of supporting appendices which will support practitioners in responding to specific safeguarding needs.